Dickson returned to New Zealand and on 25 August 1920 became the first person to fly the Cook Strait between North Island and South Island. Working for Canterbury Aviation he was the inaugural pilot of the first daily air mail service in New Zealand in 1921, a service between Auckland and Timaru. In later life he became chairman of the Eden Motor Company before retirement in 1964. References 1892 births 1980 deaths British World War I flying aces English emigrants to New Zealand Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force officers Royal Air Force personnel of World War I Royal Naval Air Service aviators Royal Naval Air Service personnel of World War I